Wade Has Left Some Feeling Spellbound

The most misspelled name in sports has to be Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat.

Dave Kindred wrote in the Sporting News that he had misspelled the name while writing a recent column.

He’s not the only one. “Editors, bless ‘em, saved me,” Kindred wrote, and he’s not alone there, either.

Kindred did research on the name and found a website devoted to the spellings of Duane, which lists 42 variant spellings.

“Problem is, none of the Duane misspellers -- dyslexic birth-certificate clerks? -- spell it Dwyane Wade’s way, Kindred wrote. “There is D’wayne and d’wanne and Duainn. But no Dwyane.”

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Trivia time: Why is Brett Favre’s last name pronounced farve?

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Good for business: When Irishman Padraig Harrington won the Honda Classic in March, he said, “I’m sure I kept a few pubs [back home] open.”

When it’s 5 p.m. in the Eastern time zone, it’s 10 p.m. in Dublin.

When Harrington won the Barclays Classic last weekend, he said, “The pubs will owe me again.”

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Lots of green: Professional golfers must love those made-for-TV events. Andy North, whose top money-making year on the PGA Tour was in 1985, when he won $212,268, won $350,000 in taking top honors Tuesday at the ING Par-3 Shootout at the Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Mich.

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No greenie here: North and fellow players Fred Couples, Phil Mickelson and Gary McCord all missed the 15th green Tuesday. It was only the second “clean green” in the seven-year history of the event.

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Good question: Ryan Scheckler, 15-year-old skateboarder from San Clemente, is rapidly becoming a favorite among teen girls. After winning a recent event on the Dew Action Sports Tour, he was asked if he is recognized when he goes to the grocery store.

“Why would I go to the grocery store?” he said.

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Looking back: On this day in 1990, there were no-hitters in each league. Dave Stewart of the Oakland A’s pitched the first one, beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-0. Fernando Valenzuela of the Dodgers duplicated the feat, throwing a 6-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Trivia answer: Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times, citing brettfavre.com as his source, quotes Favre with this explanation: “Where I grew up [in Mississippi] ... some spelled it Favre, others Farve. Somewhere along the line, someone probably was on a little moonshine and wrote it down wrong.”

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And finally: Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone, commenting on Danica Patrick’s performance at the Indianapolis 500, said he thought that “women should all be dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.” He called Patrick the next day to apologize, prompting reader Bill Littlejohn of South Lake Tahoe to wonder if Fred Dryer, Betty Stove and William “Refrigerator” Perry didn’t also deserve apologies.

Larry Stewart can be reached at [email protected].